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A LOOK AT THE "BRAIN" OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT SHOWS HOW THE RED & GREEN & AMBER LIGHTS PROMOTE SAFETY. GOOD ANIMATION OF SERIES OF LIGHTS AND LINES OF CARS. GOOD SHOTS VARIOUS KINDS OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS. BRIEF MONTAGE OF FOREIGN CITIES.

Ken Smith sez: "Speed with safety is the tempo of all modern transportation," proclaims the narrator of this film. In order to ensure our safety in this fast-paced, modern world we need "devices" designed by "experts." Many of those devices can -- coincidentally -- be found in your new Chevrolet. Yet another is "the automatic traffic signal," which "puts you level with the world and keeps you even with safety regardless of what car you drive." If you ever wanted to know how a traffic light works, this is the film for you.
Incredibly overstylized wipes dominate this film; the boys in post-production must've gotten in a new optical step printer and were having fun. The last few minutes of the film are devoted to a Technicolor, animated "city streets" model, obviously thrown in to showcase Jam Handy's stop-motion capabilities and to show off his access to Technicolor.

21:20:30:00 - 21:20:47:00
VS of LS aircraft landing strip at night, airport tower light signaling; descending airplane enters frame; LS landing strip as seen from inside plane
21:20:48:00 - 21:20:51:00
MLS ship moving through water at night; illuminated lighthouse on cliff
21:20:01:00 - 21:21:00:00
Train moving along tracks toward industrialized area
21:21:01:00 - 21:21:04:00
MS large, white administrative building
21:21:05:00 - 21:22:38:00
VS traffic police directing traffic superimposed over VS city streets, buildings and pedestrians; VS cars and people moving along busy city streets
21:22:38:00 - 21:23:43:00
VS of CU different types of traffic signals (from semaphores to 4 color signals). Many of these traffic signals represent landmark inventions in the history of mechanical and electrical traffic controls
21:23:44:00 - 21:24:21:00
VS cars at street intersection
21:24:22:00 - 21:27:05:00
CU traffic signal light, pan down to control box; box cover fades to reveal controls inside; VS parts of signal control box demonstrating how signals work; CU sides of traffic signals as they change signs (background quickly pans back and forth from trees to cloudy sky); CU traffic light checksheet reading "Intersection Main Street and First"; MS cars driving along busy street; CU another checksheet reading "Broadway"
21:27:06:00 - 21:29:12:00
CU map; VS large animated model demonstrating how traffic signals work at busy intersections; VS model demonstrating timing for groups of signals; CU model of traffic signal changing signs. This last sequence, in Technicolor uses stop-motion animation with little model automobiles and traffic lights.


CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY ADVERTISING AUTOMOBILES TRANSPORTATION TRAFFIC LIGHTS SIGNALS CONTROLS MACHINERY ANIMATION COLOR TECHNICOLOR MODELS FANTASY STREETS HIGHWAYS ROADS TRAFFIC DRIVING DRIVERS RUNNING SHOTS ANIMATION MODELSM POLICE DIRECTING TRAFFIC STOP SIGNS SURREALISM STRANGENESS
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